Stanford Radiation Oncologist Explains Radiation Therapy Treatment for Prostate Cancer

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
0:01 Introduction
3:00 Shared decision-making
3:45 Risk assessment
7:40 General treatment options
8:47 Survival and prostate cancer
9:29 Radiation treatment options
14:47 Radiation therapy explained and video
21:07 Radiation side effects
25:44 Prostate brachytherapy
34:41 PSA monitoring after treatment
38:40 HDR monotherapy

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Stanford Radiation Oncologist, prostate cancer specialist, and Director of the Genitourinary Cancers Program for Radiation Oncology, Mark Buyyounouski, MD, MS, explains radiation therapy and brachytherapy for prostate cancer.

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